The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-12
farm 9otes.
sCALY. LEGS ON FOWLS.

Poultry kept a long time in filthy
quarters are affected with scaly
legs. Rubbing with kerosene OIL
will make the legs entirely clean
after a few applications. The OIL
applied to- roosts and nests also de-
stroys lice. But the entire 0
ton of the henhouse is essential or
these evils will constantly recur.
GRAIN FED PORK NOT BEST.
Old hogs fattened on corn or oth
>er grain exclusively have very SOHO
pork. 1t is, in fact: too SOLID TOR
good eating, and the waste from tat
that's more like rind than flesh is a
greater loss than the waste in cook
ing younger pigs largely tea on
grass, fruit and vegetables and only
finished off for the butcher by a few
weeks of exclusive grain feeding in
their latter days.
KEEPING PARSNIPS.
The parsnip is the only kind OF
root that will remain uninjured in
the ground during the Winter. 1t
is entirely below the surface and
though the root be frozen when
thawed in contact with the soil
there is no damage, but rather an
Improvement on the flavor. If any
have been stored away in the cellar
they should BE- covered with soil to
save them from drying and shrivcl-
~. r,hS.h will cnnn n,oxn than
nearly worthless.
CORN FOR WORKING HORsEs.
While oats are the natural and
best food for the horse, some pro-
portion Of corn with them is excel
lent in cold weather. The corn and
oat mixture on cut hay or straw
makes a better ration than oats
alone. If horses are hurried so as
to have too little time for eating,
corn and oatmeal on moistened cut
hay fills the stomach better than
oats alone could do. Oats ground
with corn are too light and chaffy
for mixing with cut hay or straw.
COWS WITH THREE TEATs.
Few people like to buy COWS with
three teats on account of the incon-
venience in milking. This, as the
One-armed man once remarked, was
where he had the advantage over
most people. He could milk a COW
with three teats more quickly than
one with four and he added that
this class of cows was generally Il
pcrior for milk and butter. This is
a fact as the loss of a teat is gener-
ally the result of excessive flow of
milk, coupled with improper
agement.
DRYING F COWS.
If a cow is to drop a calf in the
spring more care will be required in
drying her off than if she is to be
fattened and killed. The drying off
should be gradual and several days
after the daily or semi-daily milking
has been suspended all the milk pos
sible should be drawn from the bag.
If there is a quart or more repeat
the milking in two or three days
time. Milk left in the bag is the
source of much trouble when the
cow comes in milk again. With
good mixers it sometimes causes
cooked bag while the COW is being
dried off.
DOORS FROM THE COW STABLE.
1t is very difficult to get milk in
winter free from odors Of the stable,
especially where COWS are highly
fed. Usually when aroused in the
morning to be MIXED the COW will
evacuate both solid and liquid drop
pings, and even if this is removed
as far as possible the odor will re-
main. Milk is very absorbent and
the stream from the teats carries
with it more or less of the offensive
odor into the pail. The only entire
ly sure way to prevent this is to
have dry earth convenient and scat
ter it behind the animals. But few
dalrymen have yet attained this
nicely of cleanliness.
TELL-TALE CO%RNFIELDs.
At this season the rank dead
weeds standing high among the
corn stubble in many fields tell a
sad story of neglect during the
growing season. Looking at these
large weeds in winter and calculat-
ing how much thew mnst hauo d.